Dear @sueinmn
Thank you Sue for your input. It was so valuable
Especially when I made the conscious decision yesterday not to have the other hip done in September, because I’m just too fatigued and I want be healed as well as possible, that’s why I’m going to do it in the new year in March if possible, praying my other hip holds out.
When I read other people’s information and experiences, I stop feeling like I’m on the island of misfit toys, because it seems like I feel isolated at times.
I just moved to a new state. I don’t have a lot of people here that I know, or where I can get to really easily.
I left Massachusetts where my really good doctors are, and even though I have new good doctors… it’s different at age 68 than at age 40 or 50, when you’re relocating.
I’m truthfully, very sympathetic and empathetic that you’ve had to undergo so many surgeries, and it’s shocking that you’ve had to endure that many hip surgeries, you are a true warrior.
This is the first surgery that has given me this kind of trouble, I’ve had two back surgeries, shoulder, surgeries, foot surgeries hand surgeries, wrists, breast surgeries, and I do recognize that this was a large soft tissue invasion, and it’s just the wear and tear, of the pain and discomfort every day that makes me lose my patience and get frustrated .
I am in Physical Therapy, and it takes every bit of me to get through it.
Another thing that did not help was that I had a metabolic shift and my thyroid, which I’ve taken medicine for for over 35 years… became underactive again and I’ve put on 25 pounds…in a year, that certainly has not helped my overall health or recovery… I think it’s because I’ve been recovering from surgery, and for some reason I put on weight which never happened in any other surgeries I’ve had.
I have new footwear and I’m going to be getting some slip in type of shoes that are easy to put on.

I know you know how it feels, where you think you’re in physical therapy, and getting joints replaced is a second career, anyway, thank goodness we do have the technology today to have these procedures, because so many of my joints are bone on bone and I’m still awaiting another shoulder surgery too.

Thank you for all your input and recommendations, and I will certainly take them under advisement.
As my mother used to say growing old is not for the weak at Heart.♥️
I definitely appreciate your input. Thanks again, and prayers and blessings to you, lovely Sue.